The kids and I checked out the Art Festival at Mizner Park on Super Bowl Sunday. It was a beautiful day here in Boca and we just wanted to get outdoors and enjoy it. The Art Festival was really nice. In talking to one of the exhibitors, he indicated the show is juried, meaning that no exhibitor gets “in” unless he/she is judged to be good enough for the show. I don’t know who the judges are but they did a really nice job. There was a wide variety of artists – something for everyone. I believe this was the 24th year for the Art Festival. It reminded me of the Fort Worth Art Festival - which also attracted a nice group of artists. I highly recommend you visit the festival next year!
In case you are wondering, the festival doesn’t need security, in my opinion. However, there was a security guard at one exhibit – the one with life-sized, “wax-museum” type people. Well, I’m sure you’ve figured it out already but the guard is no man…he’s art. It was fascinating. I had to look at him several times before deciding he was art rather than someone dressed as a security guard but acting like a mannequin. As I said, the variety of art was great. Everything from wax-museum people (that was definitely the oddest exhibit IMO) to metal art, glass art, wooden spoons, water fountains, fantastic photography and paintings…and yes, the wildlife art. Look closely in the picture of the zebra and you can see details like carvings. (Sorry for the photo quality – wish you could’ve been there to enjoy yourself).







